Traveler&#39;s shaving-mug.



l H. E. BIGGINS. TEAVBLERS SHAVING MUG.

APPLIoATIoN FILED 1120.15. 1911.

1,05 8,5591 Patented Feb. 18, 1913.v

il l 3 6 'J1' l ,M l 1 i a a 7 i UNITED STATES PATENT FFICE.

HENRY E. BIG-GINS, 0F WALLINGFORD, CONNECTICUT.

TRAVELERS SI-.IAVING-IVIUG.

T0 all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, HENRY E. Brooms, a citizen of the United States,residing at Vallingford, in the county of New Haven and State ofConnecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in TravelersShaving-Mugs; and I do hereby declare the following, when taken inconnection with the accompanying drawings and the letters of referencemarkedthereon, to be a full, clear, and exact `description of the same,and which said drawings constitute part of this specification, andrepresent, in-

Figure 1 a view partly in side elevation and partly in vertical sectionof one form which my improved travelers shaving mug may assume, thecover being shown in its open position by broken lines. Fig. 2 a viewthereof in front elevation with the cover raised. Fig. 3 a Elan vieW ofthe mug with the cover removed. Fig. 4 a detached perspective view ofthe tapering container.

My invention relates to an improvement in travelers shaving mugs, theobject being to adapt a shaving mug to receive and contain a razor,soap-box and brush, so that an individual shaving mug may be combinedwith the advantages of the shaving case ordinarily carried by thetraveler for the reception of his shaving appliances.

With these ends in view, my invention consists in a shaving mug havingcertain details of construction and combination of parts as will behereinafter described and pointed out in claim.

In carrying out my invention as herein shown, I employ a metal shavingmug :2 having a hinged cover 3, a handle 4, a base 5 and a lip 6, thecover being provided upon its inner face with a circular shaving mirror7. Within this cup I locate a removable sheet-metal container consistingof a deep tapering sleeve 8 the taper of which conforms to the taper ofthe inside of the mug, this sleeve being open at its top and bottom andprovided upon its inner face with a sheet-metal socket 9 for thereception of a safety razor 10, with a wire clip 11 for the reception ofa shaving-brush 12, and with a collar 13 for the reception of a smallcy- Specication of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 15, 1911.

Patented Feb. 18, 1913.

Serial No. 665,981.

lindrical soap-box 14 containing shaving soap. It will be understoodthat the razor 10, brush 12, and shaving-soap box 14 may be of anystandard form, size and construction. Just within the upper edge of thecontainer 8, I locate three finger-buttons 1'5 arranged at equaldistance from each other between the socket 9, oli) 1l and collar 13,these finger-buttons 15 being provided to permit the container to bereadily lifted out of the mug as Well as gent-ly let down into the same.

In using my improved device, any one of the finger-buttons 15 is engagedby the forefinger and the container 8 lifted bodily out of the mug andset down upon its lower end as upon a base. The razor, shaving brush andsoap box may now be removed from the container, and preparation forshaving made, the mug, which is now entirely free, being used for thelather, and the mirror being used for the shaving operation. lAftershaving, the mug is rinsed out and the razor, brush and soap-boxrestored to the container, after which the same is let down into the mugand the cover closed. The mug now forms a compact, convenient and safepackage or case for the shaving appliances.

As shown the mug 2 is made of sheet metal, but the container 8 permits aglass or porcelain mug to be used if desired.

By making the tapered sleeve 8 conform in its taper to the taper of theinterior of the mug 2, the sleeve is firmly held against rattling, whileby making the said sleeve open at the bottom, the brush 12 and box 14will drain directly into the bottom of the mug. Moreover, by making thesleeve open at the bottom, no suction is created to interfere with itsremoval from the mug.

I claim In a traveler-s shaving mug, the combination with a tapered mug,of a hinged cover therefor, and a tapering removable sheet-metal sleevecorresponding in taper to the taper of the said mug, open at its top andbottom, provided upon its upper edge Ywith one or more inwardlyprojecting finger-buttons by means of which it may be lifted out of themug and restored thereto,

und furnished with a razor-holder, with a In testimony whereof, I havesigned this brush-holder Lund with a soap-box holder, all specificationin the presence of two subextending inward from its inner face, scribingwitnesses. whereby a razor, a, shaving-brush and a HENRY E. BIGGINS.

soap-box may be carried in the shaving-mug Witnesses: and removedtherefrom together prepara- CLARA L. WEED, tory to shaving. GEORGE D.SEYMOUR.

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